Doctors' life stories in undergraduate medical education: definition, key concepts and uses - a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stories are an integral aspect of everyday life, and within medicine and medical education a wide range of stories are told every day. These stories include patients' stories or stories from those who care for patients. Doctors share stories and do so for many reasons. This includes doctors' life stories, which we have defined for the purposes of this review as non-fiction stories told first-hand by doctors about their own experiences. When used in undergraduate medical education, these doctors' life stories allow students to explore, reflect on, and learn from aspects of clinical life they may not yet have experienced. The evidence on doctors' life stories is sparse however, and this review aimed to explore doctors' life stories within the context of undergraduate medic

SUBMITTER: Nixon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12512262 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature